A first draft of the history but it does not seem too wrong based on what we all saw with our eyes. It does indicate that Ukraine survived the initial attacks based on individual initiative rather then any competency of the central government. There was no excuse for Ukraine to be surprised like it was when the entire world heard them being warned.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 21
China’s Guangzhou locks down, Beijing shuts schools over COVID
It is starting to turn into an ethnic and religious conflict. First the Kurds but now Sunni’s in general seem to be getting involved. Iran Crisis Update, November 21
Potential Nationwide US Rail Strike May Spark Chaos Ahead Of Christmas
NY’s Asian voters rejected Dems, backed Zeldin and GOP over crime, education
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 20
City Has Been Liberated, But a Few Are Not Happy
Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century
Leak at Pennsylvania gas storage well spewing methane
Rate of premature births in U.S. rises above 10%
US imports from China falling faster than from other countries
How many yottabytes in a quettabyte? Extreme numbers get new names
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 18
Can Ukraine’s infrastructure survive the winter?
Russia’s commercial airlines face a slow death
A Chinses view on current US politics.
China debt: local government ‘land grabs’ raise concerns amid tumbling fiscal revenues
The real scandal is that Facebook was handing out access to change people accounts to low level employees like security guards as a job perk!!! Why this is not more of a scandal is beyond me. Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts
LA Port Traffic Down Sharply in October
The main significance is that these are all happening before Christmas busy season. What is going to happen after Christmas? Layoffs? You Want To Talk About Layoffs? Here Are 10 Major Announcements Which Have Happened Within The Past 10 Days
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 17
China’s Zero-Covid Lockdowns Sparking Protests in Guangzhou
US blames Iran for Tuesday’s drone attack on Eastern Pacific product tanker
Amazon employees will be in layoff limbo into 2023
U.S. Diesel Inventories Hit Historic Lows At The Worst Possible Time
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 16
Household debt soars at fastest pace in 15 years as credit card use surges, Fed report says
Feds Had Informants In Proud Boys and Oath Keepers for J6
I remain dubious about this. Until people make more of an effort to deal with criticisms that this is just a measurement artifact (see end of article) I will not be convinced. Sperm count is declining at accelerating rate worldwide
Container Glut Growing As Global Trade Slips
Israel-Lebanon gas deal proceeds with TotalEnergies, Eni agreement
OPEC Oil Production Fell In October As Members Missed Targets
What happened at Alameda Research
Fentanyl vaccine potential ‘game changer’ for opioid epidemic
In Horrific Move, Iran’s Parliament Votes to Execute 15,000 Protestors to Teach ‘Hard Lesson’ This Iranian sympathizing newspaper says that this story is not true and they are probably right. But note that the truth is that the legislators only signed a letter calling for for the executions and not actually passing a law. I am not sure that is the defense they think it is.